2014届高三英语二轮专题精选：完形填空52.docVIP

2014届高三英语二轮专题精选：完形填空 1.阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。 Our two dogs, Ricky and Lucy have been with us for about ten years. Phil, our youngest is about three years old. We have known one thing over these years. Whenever __16__ approach long before we are aware of them, my dogs begin to __17__ them. They began to hide and shake. I am __18__ sure that they won’t eat, either. Since this has become part of our lives, whenever we know __19__, we will make every __20__ to take them into the yard a number of times. Because once the storm is here, fear steps in where nature’s calling（想上厕所的感觉）ends. Anyway, it was my recent __21__ with Ricky that made me realize that dogs aren’t the only ones who have __22__ fears. I talked; he listened. I was not sure if he could pay attention to me. Experience has proved that he didn’t __23__. He just tried to survive the talk. “Ricky, you’ve __24__ these storms so many times before and nothing __25__ has happened to you” I said. “It’s just sound” I reasoned. “Sound has never __26__ you.” Regardless of my comforting words, he __27__ to shake a bit. __28__, this talk brought to light a new inspiration: we people do __29__ things. We fear things that we have no real __30__ of or no past experience with and build upon that fear without logic. People say “It’s how I feel.” Actually, that’s the exact __31__ for many limitations people have come to call failures in lives. There’s no real evidence indicating that we should __32__ going to school, starting a new job, asking for a raise and so on. Dogs just don’t have the __33__ to find reasonable alternative choices. We do. So, when you’re terrified next time, just __34__ me talking to Ricky. Know that you do have better __35__, higher intelligence and the ability to take control of a situation. 16. A. earthquakes B. wars C. thunderstorms D. floods 17. A. identify B. sense C. control D. prevent 18. A. almost B. always C. never D. hardly 19. A. at first B. in advance C. in